Our moon base will be at the south pole because the temperatures are pleasant and the sun always shines, so it is good to produce solar energy. Our base will be inside a lava tube and some part of it will be underground and another will be on the surface.

On the surface we have the communications center, the solar panels and the antennas and the garage. Underground there will be bedrooms, kitchen, swimming pool, bathroom, recycling center/ water center , work room, greenhouse, living room  and  gym.

As the greenhouse is a very important part, we decided that it was more protected underground, but as it needs sunlight for plants to grow and do photosynthesis, we will open a skylight covered with polyethylene shield. There will be a cover for the skylight to control the amount of sun light and the time the plant is exposed to it.

Close to the Lunar Poles

We choose the south pole because temperatures are bearable- They vary between -50^oC and 0^oC. At the south pole there is more ice, so it is better to produce water. Exposure to the Sun is higher at the poles so it is useful to produce energy. The lunar base will be underground because it is warmer, around -20^oC and because it protects us from solar radiation and meteorites. On the surface we will have the communication room, a greenhouse to grow plants and vegetables and solar panels to produce energy. What is underground is the gym, the kitchen, the bedroom, the living room and the laboratory.

We were able to take the water from the poles and filter but when you filter the ice we do not have as much water as ice so we can filter the urine with a filtering machine.

We can plant fruits, vegetables and seeds. We cannot take all type of fruits because the ones that come from trees take a lot of space to grow and we do not have it. We can take lettuce, rice, corn, tomatoes and wheat because they are very fast to grow.

We learned that the solar panels cannot be facing only one direction, they need to face other sides, like a cube. We will also need some batteries that save the energy that is produced during the day so our shelter can have light during the moon eclipses.

We can take oxygen from the plants or seaweeds. The best is the spirulina because they produce an oxygen faster than a normal plant. We can also use other plants. For a person we need 8 m2 which are from the spirulina plants or 13m2 from the other plants.

To build our MoonCamp, we can use three types of materials: 3D printers, regolith (lunar soil) and inflatable material.

To get filament for the 3D printer, our astronauts can recycle the plastic they use on a day-to-day basis or take advantage of the lunar soil. This type of material can be used to build rooms, kitchen (divisions) or utensils. The inflatable material could be used in the part that sits on the surface because it is easy to ensemble and allows the light to go through.

On the moon we have to protect ourselves from meteorites using a polyethylene shield (against the little ones) and thinking of an alternative emergency exit (against the large ones); against  solar radiation, we use  water  (with  a pool)  or  a spacesuit and  polyethylene  shield (when we go outside). The  vacuum  of space is avoided by using double doors. A communication room reduces the longing of friends and family and letting the astronauts choose the color of someofthe wall  of the shelter, helps them to deal with the lack of color of the spaces.

On a day on the moon, the activities that astronauts have to do are: cooking, storage of spaces, collecting ice, communication with family/earth, working time in the laboratory/computer, gym time, collecting of material on the moon, time of privacy, leisure time, verification of solar panels, rovers and sensors; verification of the filtration machine, maintenance of the shelter and some equipment and treatment of the vegetable garden.

Each astronaut needs to sleep for at least 6 hours a day, but they can’t all sleep at the same time, or be in the rest time all together, because at least one of the astronauts needs to take care of the base. But they can spend some time together, if for example, while one is cooking and the other is reading in the kitchen.

In leisure time they can go to the pool, but they also must use it at times when there is a lot of radiation. When they get the information that the radiation is going to be very strong, they must stop what they’re doing and go to the pool.